. >> mankind must change the ways and radically decarbonize the economy. the goal is to bring per capita greenhouse gases down to two tons per person. that will take decades and vast innovation. but with senate bill 350, we're on our way. >> governor brown also cited last month's historic paris climate agreement and said the rest of the world is looking to the state for solutions. >>> and as super bowl 50 draws near, workers in the south bay are prepping for players, parties and thousands of people. kpix 5's kiet do is at levi's stadium to show us all the hustle and bustle before the super bowl begins. kiet. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. we are live here in the western side of levi's stadium looking at what used to be red lot one and vip parking lot. now it is a bustling construction zone as they build out the different structures for the big game. wah this thing will do it -- whatever this thing will do, it will be huge. san francisco has super bowl city but the south bay has intercepted its fair share of events and activities, as well. you can see h

the fact they are overinvested in carbon and to look at the enormous opportunities inherent in decarbonizing. when we were floundering in the great depression, the global economy was lifted not by roosevelt that by the mobilization of the v fashion. the postwar economic boom was brought about because there was a shared conviction that we needed to do things differently. the entire world moved in the same direction and unlocked that amazing economic dynamism. we are a situation where the -- we are in a situation where the conventional tools for lifting it up, much less recovering if we have another downturn in the business cycle, which historians tell us happens from time to time they drop interest rates 4% to 5%. the traditional tools don't work. we need an inspiring collective mission to create hundreds of new jobs. we have such a mission. as a byproduct, we can save the future of human civilization. james: that sounds like a great place to end. thank you very much. [applause] mr. gore: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national

you have stated that 2015 will likely likely be remembered as a watershed for decarbonization. i think you went on to state exactly how important these minerals are so that we can move forward with wind, solar, and all of the smart technology that we want. we really do not want to be even more reliant than we already are. i i appreciated what you did in terms of outlining how historically we have been so reliant in certain areas that instead of making progress, it it seems that we are actually going backwards. you have indicated that there are some areas that we might be able to reduce this dependence. the fact that we produce zero rare earth and are now 100% dependent on china for our where earth should be unsettling to all of us. so we have lousy permitting process, in terms of permitting for minds, minerals, where if we are not the worst in the world, we are close to be the worst. i think new guinea a is worse than us, but you also mention prospects for recycling and substitutes. you have indicated that really even with that, unless we do something to increase our production

decarbonization. want to be even more reliant than we already are. i appreciated what you did in hows of outlining historically we have been so reliant in certain areas. instead of making progress, it seems that we are going backwards. you have indicated that there are some areas that we might be able to reduce this dependence. the fact that we produce zero where earth's and are now 100% dependent on china for our rare earths should be unsettling for all of us. we have lousy permitting minerals for mines and . we are close to being the world -- worst in the world. you also mentioned prospects for , butling and substitute you have indicated that even with that, unless we do something to increase our production, we are not going to get ourselves out of this hole. can you speak to what you think our genuine alternatives may be when it comes to this reliance on our minerals? >> thank you, senator. there is a very deep dependency in terms of branching topics from world and gas to hard rock minerals. side,look at the energy the new energy sources, i would

humankind must change the ways and radically decarbonize the economy.he past agreement was a breakthrough. amy: meanwhile, california attorney general camilla harris has launched an investigation into whether exxonmobil repeatedly lied to the public and its shareholders about climate change. this follows multiple reports by the pulitzer prize winning climate news and "the los angeles times," revealing exxon knew fossil fuels caused global warming as early as the 1970's and hid the information from the public and poured millions in casting doubt on climate denial. the new york attorney general has laufpblged a criminal investigation. and the activist educator and video artist maria victory war maldanado died at the age of 54. victoria produced documentaries about social movements in latin america, telling stories the corporate media often avoided or distorted. she helped reveal the impact of u.s. policy in her native columbia. she also was a pioneer in the use of media as a therapeutic tool for sick children and their families, working at mount sinai hos

of power generation and in that regard lasher will likely be remembered as a watershed year or decarbonization. consider that in 2015 and angel record one of coal-fired power generating capacity was either retired or converted to burn other fuels such as natural gas or biomass. every component of natural gas burned in our plans and gas account for roughly one-third of all u.s. power, about the same as goal for the first time. solar photovoltaic capacity added an all-time high with the strong growth in both rooftop and utility-scale subsectors. and use clean energy investment totaled $56 billion which was the most in four years and the second most ever. since 2007 for shared use power provided by renewables including large hydra project, natural gas and nuclear is surged from 49% to 69% with the wind gas and solar accounting for nearly all new capacity that has been added. the net result is co2 emissions in 2015 fell to the lowest level since sometime in the 1990s from the power sector. over the past eight year average retail power prices in both markets remain level while average wholesale pri

zindler you say 2015 is watershed for decarbonization. mr. mcgroarty went on to state exactly how important these minerals are so we can move forward with wind and solar and all of the smart technologies that we want. but we really don't want to be even more reliant than we already are. i appreciated what you did in terms of outlining how historically we have been so reliant in certain areas but instead of making progression it seems we are actually going backwards. now you have indicated that there are some areas that we might be able to reduce this dependence. the fact that we produce zero rare earths and are now again 100% dependent on china for our rare earths should be unsettling to all of us. so we've got lousy permitting process where in terms of permits for mines, minerals, we're, if we're not the worst the world we're close to being the worst. i think papua, new guinea is worse than us in terms of permits. you mentioned prospects for recycling and substitutes but you've indicated even really with that, unless we do something to incre

in that regard, last year will likely be remembered as a watershed year for decarbonization. consider that in 2015, an annual and record volume of coal-fired power generating capacity was either retired or converted to burn other fuels, such as natural gas or biomass. a record volume of natural gas was burned in power plants and gas accounted for approximately a third of all u.s. power, about the same as coal for the first time. solar photovoltaic capacity hit an all-time high with a growth in rooftop and utility scale sub sectors and u.s. clean energy investment totaled $56 billion the most in four years and the second most ever. since 2007, the share of u.s. power pride by renewables including large hydro projects in natural gas and nuclear surges are from 49% to 65%. wind gas solar accounting for near le all capacity added. the net result is that co2 emissions in 2015 fell to their lowest level since sometime in the 1990s from the power sector. average retail a power prices in most marks remained level while average say prices have dropped. regarding energy efficiency, ove